Project 02 // ReDesigning MakerBot

PROJECT 02 / REPRESENTATION 3 // CRIT. DAVID MANS /// DESIGN BY RAQUEL SANCHIS

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/// TABLE OF CONTENTS ///

EXISTING PRODUCT ANALYSIS 4

EXISTING PRODUCT DRAWINGS 6

PROPOSAL STRATEGY 12

RESEARCH 14

REDESIGN 16

COMPONENTS 18

POSSIBILITIES 26

NEW PRODUCT IN CONTEXT 28

CONTACT 36

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/// MAKERBOT REPLICATOR 2 ///

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Founded in 2009, Brooklyn-based MakerBot® has grown to be a global

leader in desktop 3D printing. MakerBot® Replicator is a DESKTOP 3D PRINTER

with a single extruder.

With a resolution capability of 100 microns and a massive 410-cubic-inch

build volume, the MakerBot Replicator 2 Desktop 3D Printer is is the easiest,

fastest, and most affordable tool yet for making professional quality models.

Makerbot Replicator 2 Brouchure

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/// MAKERBOT REPLICATOR 2 ///

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Orthographicviews

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Components

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/// ReDESIGN PROPOSAL REPLICATOR 2 ///

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There has been plenty of hype recently about the wonders of three

dimensional printing. But 3D printing machines can do more than produce

objects. They could change the future of the world’s cities. The aim of the

redesign is to create a 3D printer that is able to satisfy the necessities of

underprivileged communities in their path to became self-sufficient.

Simplifying the hardware or adding solar panels are some of the changes

to the design. Also, by including a scanner the machine will allow the user

to replicate anything without the need to model it first in a computer. But

perhaps the biggest challenge was to make the 3D printer into a sand

extruder, so that filament wouldn’t be always necessary.

Photo credit: National Geographic

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/// Africa’s path to self-sufficiency ///

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/// Proposal ///

GOALS:

Simplify Hardware

3D scanner

Solar Powered

recyclable filament

Simplier interface

Hability to self-reproduce

Rapid expansion

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51. Solar panel

2. Double extruder

3. Bio Filament

4. Rotation plate

5. LCD panel

6. Scanner controler

According to the I n t e r n a t i o n a l Energy Agency, a staggering 1.3 billion people lack access to electricity worldwide.

Original filament extruder, the best filament maker. We also provide PLA, ABS, HIPS pellets, Filament, Colorants, and 3D printing supplies

/// Solar Powered ///

/// Filament extruder ///

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/// Scanner ///

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Millions of Africans have never been to school and around one-third of Africans over 15 years of age cannot read or write.

In countries such as Burkina Faso and Chad, as many as 75 percent of the population cannot read or write.

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Photo credit: National Geographic

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Photo credit: National Geographic

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Photo credit: National Geographic

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Photo credit: by Jodi Cobb for National Geographic 2005

RAQUEL SANCHIS

UNDERGRADUATE ARCHITECTURE PRATT INSTITUTE

rsanchis@pratt.edu